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Developer to outline $25M redevelopment plan for former Thompson mill site

Developer to outline $25M redevelopment plan for former Thompson mill site

by Kimberly Glassman | Oct 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

Robert Letskus of New Haven-based Refined Living LLC has drawn up conceptual plans for a $25 million development including new-construction townhouse condominiums, ground-level commercial units and recreational space on the 33-acre site at 630 Riverside Drive....
Developer to outline $25M redevelopment plan for former Thompson mill site

Bridge, tunnel or both? The 90-year struggle to connect Long Island and Connecticut

by Kimberly Glassman | Oct 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

Several proposals have favored a bridge, dismissing the tunnel concept as too costly to build and maintain. Others have backed a tunnel-only or hybrid design, including a 2017 feasibility study launched by then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Despite the time and effort...
Developer to outline $25M redevelopment plan for former Thompson mill site

Wallingford to get three bridge replacements over I-91 with work starting in 2028, CT DOT announces

by Kimberly Glassman | Oct 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced the full replacement of three bridges over Interstate 91 in Wallingford, a project that will develop over the next several years. The projects still need to go out to bid through a proposal request, but are...
Developer to outline $25M redevelopment plan for former Thompson mill site

Recent Inspections on New Haven, Conn.’s Heroes Tunnel Done Ahead of $150M Upgrade

by Kimberly Glassman | Oct 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

Crews from the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) have conducted overnight inspections of New Haven’s Heroes Tunnel on state Highway 15/Wilbur Cross Parkway in recent days as they prepare for a $150 million renovation project slated to begin in...
Developer to outline $25M redevelopment plan for former Thompson mill site

How 190-foot poles and power lines have turned into one of CT’s biggest controversies

by Kimberly Glassman | Sep 30, 2025 | Uncategorized

The plan would allow United Illuminating to erect 102 steel towers along the Metro-North rail line ranging in height from 95 to 195 feet, carrying a new 115,000-volt power line to the utility’s Congress Street substation downtown. It’s part of a bigger 25-mile plan to...
Developer to outline $25M redevelopment plan for former Thompson mill site

US DOT promotion of ‘vehicular travel’ hits popular CT greenway trail hard. What it lost.

by Kimberly Glassman | Sep 30, 2025 | Uncategorized

Earlier this month, the Trump administration cancelled funding for at least six biking and walking trails across the country, including a $5.7 million grant slated for Connecticut’s Naugatuck River Greenway Trail, or the NRG Trail. In a letter dated Sept. 9, Maria...
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